Tats Lau Yee-Tat (; born 23 February 1963) is a Hong Kong musician, songwriter, singer and actor.

Music career

During the 1980s, Tats Lau was active in Hong Kong's independent music scene. He established several underground bands including DLLM and OEO (Oriental Electric Orchestra, which was influenced by YMO). Lau's career reached its climax when he established classic

Cantopop Cantopop (a contraction of "Cantonese pop music") or HK-pop (short for "Hong Kong pop music") is a genre of pop music written in standard Chinese and sung in Cantonese. Cantopop is also used to refer to the cultural context of its production ...

duo

Tat Ming Pair Tat Ming Pair () is an experimental Cantopop duo formed in Hong Kong in 1985 by composer Tats Lau (劉以達) and vocalist Anthony Wong Yiu-ming (黃耀明). Their blend of Cantopop, synthpop, new wave and electronic dance music with lyrics th ...

with Anthony Wong Yiu Ming. Tats Lau is the chief music composer and instrumentalist in Tat Ming Pair while Anthony Wong is the lead singer. Unlike other Cantopop musicians in the same generation, Tats Lau has strong influence of

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music from UK. Tat Ming Pair, along with

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and Tai Chi, eventually became one of the most important music groups in Hong Kong history. After the disbandment of Tat Ming Pair, Tats Lau has formed several music groups such as Tats Lau and Dream (劉以達與夢), Tats Lau Government School (劉以達官立小學) and 達與璐. However, those groups only enjoy limited success in comparison with Tat Ming Pair. In 2009, Tats Lau formed the new band LOVE MISSION, and the other members are Charis Chung (鍾凱瑩, vocal), Rita Ip (古惑貓, keyboard + background vocal), Man Kit Wong (黃文傑, bass + background vocal), Anson Tang (鄧應祈, drums).

Film composer

Tats Lau is an active film score composer. He has collaborated with director

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and won the Best Original Film Score awards (shared with Wai Kai Leung) in both

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and

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by participating Clara Law's ''

Temptation of a Monk ''Temptation of a Monk'' () is a 1993 Hong Kong period drama film directed by Clara Law based on Pik Wah Lee's novel of the same name. The film had Joan Chen and Hsing-Kuo Wu in the lead roles. The film is about a monk named Jing-yi and his hau ...

''.

Acting career

For the younger generation, Tats Lau would be more famous for his performance in many comedy films by

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such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and many other Hong Kong comedy films.

Filmography

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'' (1992) *''

'' (1996) * ''

The Tricky Master ''The Tricky Master'' (千王之王2000) is a 1999 Hong Kong crime comedy film directed by Wong Jing. Plot Leung Foon is a happy-go-lucky man with a girlfriend named Pizza and he is a police detective in the Happy Valley Police Station tasked ...

'' (1999) * '' Fatal Contact'' (2006) * ''

The Jade and the Pearl ''The Jade and the Pearl'' () is a 2010 Hong Kong film co-produced by Shaw Brothers Studio, Television Broadcasts Limited and Emperor Motion Pictures. Cast Main cast * Charlene Choi as Princess Yin (嫣公主) * Raymond Lam as General Ching ...

'' (2010) * ''

Perfect Wedding ''Perfect Wedding'' is a 2010 Hong Kong film co-produced by Shaw Brothers Studio, Television Broadcasts Limited and Sil-Metropole Organisation. Cast * Miriam Yeung as Suen Lok Yan (孫洛昕), a wedding planner of ''Perfect Wedding'', Ling Yu F ...

'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2011) * ''I Love Hong Kong 2012'' (2012) * ''Good-for-Nothing Heros'' (2012) * ''When C Goes with G7'' (2013) * ''

Just Another Margin ''Just Another Margin'' () is a 2014 Chinese spoof-comedy film written and directed by Jeffrey Lau, and starring Betty Sun, Ronald Cheng, Ekin Cheng and Alex Fong. It was released on 2 February 2014. Cast * Betty Sun as Jin-ling * Kenny Lin ...

'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2014) * ''

Kung Fu Angels ''Kung Fu Angels'' ( zh, 青春鬥) is a 2014 Hong Kong-Chinese romantic comedy film directed by Herman Yau. It was released on December 4 in Hong Kong and on December 11 in China. Cast *Karena Ng * Jeremy Tsui *Janelle Sing *Alex Lam * Zhang Chu ...

'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2015) * ''Paws Men'' (2018) * ''Lucid Dreams'' (2018) Tats Lau at chinesemov.com
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References

External links

*
HK cinemagic entry
* https://web.archive.org/web/20100126015058/http://www.lovemission.com.hk/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20110224215958/http://www.lauyeetat.com.hk/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Lau, Tats 1963 births Living people Cantopop artists Hong Kong guitarists Hong Kong rock musicians Hong Kong songwriters Hong Kong male comedians Hong Kong male film actors Hong Kong male television actors 20th-century Hong Kong male actors 20th-century Hong Kong male singers 21st-century Hong Kong male actors 21st-century Hong Kong male singers